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Submitted by tpb2 on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:11
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Hill wants reins on Fed

“The fact is that the American people want to know more of the ‘Secrets of the Temple,’” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters Thursday, referring to the 1989 William Greider book examining the Federal Reserve. “A balance has to be struck as to what is required to run the Fed in a responsible way, about what transparency there should be.”

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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said he “was getting a lot of calls from constituents” asking him what was happening at the Fed. “That’s why I support this bill,” said McGovern, who joined more than 150 Republicans on the legislation last week.

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Hearings into Paul’s bill are on hold, pending the overhaul of the financial regulatory system.


But it’s struck a nerve, and Paul is sanguine about its prospects.


“There’s not that much resistance to it,” he said. “I would think if that bill were on the floor, you’d only have a few people voting against it, because it’s construed as transparency for the Federal Reserve, and right now, that’s what the American people are demanding. Even though I have been talking about this for 27 years, events have brought it to light. They now agree we need to know more about the Fed.”



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bump for some media

Submitted by libertybrewcity on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 03:19.

bump for some media coverage.
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"Pelosi isn’t a supporter

Submitted by JoeDanger on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 01:38.

"Pelosi isn’t a supporter — and claims to have no knowledge of Paul’s bill — but she’s sympathetic to hiking oversight, a senior Democratic aide says."

What a joke. Half the house is signed onto it and she has no knowledge, but is all for oversight.

I dislike her.

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For an informed citizenry, individuals must discard the television set in favor of the acquisition of information via either books and/or the internet. An uneducated populous will remain in ignorance and thus continue to suffer the sharp ax of tyranny.

“The audit? It’s a bad

Submitted by October2007 on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 01:03.

“The audit? It’s a bad idea,” said Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, head of the Republican Conference in the Senate. “It’s a sorry day when the Congress superimposes itself on the Fed, nosing around in monetary policy. It’s bad enough we are nosing around with the car companies.”

So the senator is comparing the Fed to a private car company... I guess that means the Fed is private...

I'm also pretty sure that the car companies have been audited a few times... Why shouldn't the Fed be audited?

What idiots Dr. Paul has to work with in Congress

Submitted by reedr3v on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:55.

I'm glad he knows we understand what he's doing and he has more and more support of the people.

Some of them are not just idiots.....

Submitted by Libera_me on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:58.

they're Bloomin' Idiots with no morals or ethics!
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Libera me......from this dark dream, to the life-stream! --Leslie Phillips
What's next after End the Fed? Repeal the XVI and XVII Amendments!

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But that man should play the tyrant over God, and find Him a better man than himself, is astonishing drama indeed!~~D. Sayers

There is no difference between an authoritarian government from the right or the left...F. A.Schaeffer

Agreed. They're not idiots,

Submitted by JoeDanger on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 01:30.

Agreed. They're not idiots, they know who their masters are.

"You are a den of Vipers.I intend to rout you out and by the Eternal God I will rout you out."

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For an informed citizenry, individuals must discard the television set in favor of the acquisition of information via either books and/or the internet. An uneducated populous will remain in ignorance and thus continue to suffer the sharp ax of tyranny.

bump

Submitted by newt on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:53.

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we need to make

Submitted by rocketman on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:43.

senator lamar alexander aware that monetary policy is one of the FEW things congress IS SUPPOSED TO BE nosing around in. what a tool.

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"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul

Does Lamar Alexander understand his job description?

Submitted by SC Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 00:05.

“The audit? It’s a bad idea,” said Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, head of the Republican Conference in the Senate. “It’s a sorry day when the Congress superimposes itself on the Fed, nosing around in monetary policy. It’s bad enough we are nosing around with the car companies.”

???

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Freedom is: not having to do what you don't want to do.
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Freedom is: not having to do what you don't want to do.
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maybe give him

Submitted by rocketman on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:52.

a call.

Washington, DC
455 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
TTY: (202) 224-1546

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"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul

Don't bother...

Submitted by pchanson on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 00:43.

Don't bother trying to convince him. He's a CFR type and will vote and act according to the wishes of his master, the traitorous wretch david rockefeller. Unless you have the names of two or three people for every precinct in the state to fax to him that are willing to walk the precincts and campaign against him door to door... That may shake him up a bit. Of course he could just have his CFR buddies fix the next election for him so even that may not work.

Paul.

wait a second

Submitted by scottishamerican1 on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:42.

William Poole, former president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, is now a a fellow with libertarian Cato Institute?? Is this true? Thats quite surprising.

http://scottishkyle.blogspot.com/

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and defending

Submitted by rocketman on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:45.

the fed?

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"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul

i did.

Submitted by rocketman on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:56.

the comment sounds like the "we can't politicize the fed" argument to me.

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"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul

I like Dr. Paul's quote the best!

Submitted by Qwerk on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 23:20.

Always do. In Liberty.